1. Senior Design Experience Semester II Project Requirements and Timeline
ECE792
Senior Design Experience
Semester II
Project Requirements and Timeline

2. ECE Senior Design Project Description
The project must involve design and should build on past course work (mathematics, basic sciences, the humanities and social sciences, engineering topics, communications skills, etc.). It should involve many of the following features: synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, simulations, and evaluations; and should take into account realistic constraints such as time, economics, safety, reliability, functionality, social implications, etc. The implementation aspect of the project may take a variety of forms such as development of a computer program, development of a hardware prototype, development of a LabVIEW simulation, etc. However, all projects should have the following common aspects:
Design – Plan – Implement – Test – Evaluate - Report
Every project must have an ECE Department faculty project advisor.

3. Project Related Courses
ECE694 – 1 Credit C/F – Semester II Junior Year
Discuss project concepts and requirements.
Identify project topic and faculty project advisor.
ECE791 – 2 Credits – Semester I Senior Year
Plan project, prepare and present project proposal.
Work on project and prepare progress report.
ECE792 – 2 Credits – Semester II Senior Year
Complete project.
Present project results in UNH undergraduate research poster session.
Prepare final report.

4. How Are Project Courses Graded?
ECE694 – 1 Credit
Credit/Fail based on attendance and submission of project selection form.
ECE791 – 2 Credits
Letter grade assigned by ECE faculty project advisor.
Based primarily on written/oral proposal and written progress report (and the progress reported).
ECE792 – 2 Credits
Based primarily on project accomplishments, poster presentation, and written final report.

5. Nominal Project Time-Line
RED tasks are required.
BLUE tasks are suggested.

6. Spring Semester 2010
RED tasks are required.
BLUE tasks are suggested.

7. Project Quantitative Evaluation
The quantitative evaluation gives an unbiased measure of how well the design/implementation works.
The quantitative evaluation can involve a variety of specifications: quantity, timing, accuracy, repeatability, …
The quantitative evaluation might involve comparison against an existing system.
“Improve the speech recognition accuracy during license plate entry, relative to the current Project54 system, as determined using the UNH version 2.0 alphanumeric speech test suite.”
The quantitative evaluation might involve comparison against target performance levels.
“The speech recognition accuracy during license plate entry should be greater than 95%, as determined using the UNH version 2.0 alphanumeric speech test suite.”

8. Subjective Evaluation
The final evaluation can also include subjective measures of performance (opinions/impressions).
Subjective performance measures should complement rather than replace quantitative measures.
Subjective performance measures are inherently subject to bias.
Subjective performance measures can give insight into system performance and/or problems that can not readily be quantified but are worth documenting.

9. Final Documentation
At the end of the project, the final implementation of the design may “exist” as a specific piece of hardware or software.
All of the other aspects of the design project (the goals, the implementation process, the intermediate test results, the final evaluation) only “exist” as expressed in the content of the final documentation.
The final documentation is as important as the final implementation (possibly more important).
For ECE792 the final documentation exists in the form of a poster to be presented at the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference – Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium and in the form of a final written technical report.

10. UNH Undergraduate Research Conference

11. UNH Undergraduate Research Conference - Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium
When: Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
Do we have to register: You MUST register for the UNH URC before March 5, 2010 in order to fulfill the project requirements for graduation. REGISTER TODAY SO YOU DO NOT FORGET.
Does everyone on the project team have to participate? Only those who plan to use the project to fulfill the requirement for graduation in ECE have to participate (YES!).
General Information:
URC-ISE Symposium:
On-Line Registration:

12. Discussion of designing research posters from ECE796 (now ECE694):
UNH Undergraduate Research Conference
Discussion of designing research posters from ECE796 (now ECE694):

13. Who comes to the UNH URC? UNH Faculty UNH Students UNH Administrators
UNH Industry “Friends” such as members of the ECE Department Industrial Advisory Board
Judges for the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium
Judges for the ECE Department ?

14. What should be in the written final report?
Typical content items:
Abstract
Introduction
Background
Methods
Results
Discussion & Conclusions
References

15. Required Header for Final Report
ECE791/792 Final Design Project Report Project Title: An Informative Project Title Project Team: John Smith, Jane Jones, Peter Rabbit ECE Faculty Advisor: W. T. Miller Other Advisors: (only if relevant) Current Date: May 10, 2010 Project Completion Date: May 10, 2010

16. Step-By-Step Final Report Process
Complete draft version of the written final report.
Submit draft version to project faculty advisor for review.
Update draft version based on advisor’s comments.
Submit final version of written final report to faculty advisor and ECE792 instructor before the end of the semester.

17. When We Will Meet Again
There will be a required class meeting on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 in the 11:10 AM time slot to discuss details concerning both the UNH URC presentations and the final report requirements.
There will (may) be two additional required sessions with outside speakers. Dates to be announced.